Megan Tackett

Filmmaker Sylvia Johnson calls Carbondale home, but while she grew up in the Valley, she was born in Bolivia and has had addresses in several countries in Latin and South America. Her family — her father worked in international development and her mother in women’s healthcare — moved to Carbondale when she was 12 years […]

Black Hills Energy received a green light from the U.S. Forest Service to move forward with its proposal to construct two new natural gas storage wells at the Wolf Creek Storage Field in the Thompson Creek area. The wells will replace two of the 10 existing wells in the 9,524-acre unit that was first established […]

Está bien si no habla inglés — no lo necesita para bailar. Similarly, it’s fine if you don’t speak Spanish; it’s not a prerequisite to move your body. At Mezcla Socials, the only language that matters is dance. Sometimes, it’s salsa. Other nights, it’s bachata. Regardless of the style being taught, though, Thursday nights at […]

The Beat goes on Lucy Perutz and Toby Britt have finally put down the power tools. “It feels so [expletive] good,” Perutz said. “I’d say running a restaurant, for us, is easier than construction life and odd-jobbing. Mostly because we like it a lot more!” That’s not to say revamping the former Dancing Colors boutique […]

Connie Baker is no longer the only queen bee at Marble Distilling Co. — thanks in large part to husband and co-founder Carey Shanks. The bees were a birthday present, he said. “I got … Connie a beehive and the outfit and a book on raising bees and collecting honey and pollen and all that […]

Bridget Law and Katie Gray are self-described best friends. It’s that kinship between women that drives Empowered Hearts, and later this month, they’re bringing their 24-hour retreat model to the Carbondale area. “While it doesn’t necessarily just pertain to women, I feel there is incredible power when women come together,” Gray said. “Through my own […]

After chaotic weather in March curtailed organizers’ initial plans to host a Trent Goscha Memorial Baseball Tournament, this week’s sunshine was a welcome calm. About 20 Roaring Fork High School students populated the stands at the start of the first of two games, and another five or so trickled in before the third inning. In […]

Start a business that saves the world. That was the assignment Coventure Cofounder and Operations Manager Evan Zislis proposed to Carbondale Community School and Marble Charter School students. And he gave them less than 10 minutes after breaking into small groups to create their business concepts. “This is not easy stuff,” Zislis acknowledged. “Is it […]

Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley campus is expanding — both conceptually and physically. Most construction plans should be wrapped up in time for fall semester, but a hexagonal prototype lab for the Isaacson School officially opens May 2, and it’s already changing the scope of what’s possible for students. It’s the second iteration of the […]